MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES

MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES is one of the tight-knit senior highs in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 296 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

Around the school, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MURRAY HILL ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANHATTAN ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND LANGUAGES has rose 11%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025.

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